KANSAS CITY, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2003--In response to rising merchant demand for turnkey e-commerce solutions and continued growth in e-commerce, LaGarde today announced staff expansions in professional services and a guarantee that merchants will be operational for the holiday shopping season.
LaGarde, a leading provider of e-business software and services worldwide, provides professional services that include design, hosting and payment processing services to augment their extensive StoreFront(R) e-business product line. LaGarde expanded the number of engineers staffing professional services to keep pace with customer demand for turnkey e-commerce solutions. In particular, the graphic design team grew by more than 50%.
In conjunction with staff expansions, LaGarde guarantees merchants who order professional services by October 15 will have their StoreFront web store completed by the official start of the holiday shopping season, November 28. Thus, even a traditional retail merchant with no current online presence will be poised to take advantage of online holiday shopping activities with StoreFront solutions. Prices for this service begin as low as $499. Details on the guarantee and offer are available online at www.storefront.net.
"Merchants are clamoring for full service solutions from turnkey e-business experts," said Bob LaGarde, founder and CEO of LaGarde. "As mainstream merchants enter the e-business market, we are seeing increasing demand for all of the complementary services necessary to launch a successful online business. LaGarde's unique capabilities allow us to put all of the pieces together and deliver comprehensive solutions. We are finding this segment of our business growing by leaps and bounds as e-business continues to become a mainstream business strategy."
In short, neither price nor shortage of time is an excuse for merchants to spend another holiday season without selling online.
About LaGarde
Founded in 1996, LaGarde is a leading global provider of e-business solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses. LaGarde's StoreFront software and service products offer robust, feature-rich solutions to deploy and maintain e-business sites that deliver high-end functionality at an affordable price point. StoreFront solutions power nearly 50,000 Web stores in over 70 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.StoreFront.net or call 800-943-5823.
LaGarde, StoreFront and StoreFront Now are either registered trademarks or trademarks of LaGarde Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
